Transform your hard-working, ordinary kitchen towels into something more attractive and convenient. Instead of just hanging your towel over a cupboard door or throwing it on the counter, add a little ribbon to the top so you can give it a place of honor in your kitchen and hang it from your oven door. Creating a useful hanging towel is a fun, fast and inexpensive way to spruce up your kitchen. Even if you're just learning how to sew, you can accomplish this project in no time.
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Things You'll Need
Kitchen towel
Sharp scissors
Measuring tape
Wide ribbon cut 1-inch wider than your towel
Narrow ribbon cut 8-inches wider than your towel
Straight pins
Safety pin
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Step 1
Measure the width of the towel. Cut two pieces of wide ribbon 1-inch wider than your towel.
![Instead of just hanging your towel over a cupboard door or throwing it on the counter, add a little ribbon to the top so you can give it a place of honor in your kitchen and hang it from your oven door.](https://img.ehowcdn.com/375/clsd/1/22/fee36e1e74b544788211eaac4f14e3dc.jpg)
Step 2
Place one wide ribbon 4 inches down from the top of the towel and another wide ribbon 4 inches down from the first ribbon. Pin them in place across the towel. Leave a 1/2 inch hanging over the end of the towel on each side.
![Instead of just hanging your towel over a cupboard door or throwing it on the counter, add a little ribbon to the top so you can give it a place of honor in your kitchen and hang it from your oven door.](https://img.ehowcdn.com/375/clsd/1/22/22d4e1d9f3d344cb9d51a64020c208ce.jpg)
Step 3
Fold the ends under and pin in place.
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Step 4
Sew across the top and the bottom of each ribbon to form a casing for the smaller ribbon.
![Instead of just hanging your towel over a cupboard door or throwing it on the counter, add a little ribbon to the top so you can give it a place of honor in your kitchen and hang it from your oven door.](https://img.ehowcdn.com/375/clsd/1/22/c1ffd0b08925447cb25d3f8fbe87c30d.jpg)
Step 5
Cut two pieces of narrow ribbon that are 8-inches wider than your towel.
![Instead of just hanging your towel over a cupboard door or throwing it on the counter, add a little ribbon to the top so you can give it a place of honor in your kitchen and hang it from your oven door.](https://img.ehowcdn.com/375/clsd/1/22/7b1d57a478404232a9bc5162feed07e2.jpg)
Step 6
Attach a safety pin to the end of the narrow ribbon and thread it through the wide ribbon casing.
![Instead of just hanging your towel over a cupboard door or throwing it on the counter, add a little ribbon to the top so you can give it a place of honor in your kitchen and hang it from your oven door.](https://img.ehowcdn.com/375/clsd/1/22/c07b7085a401446ba61b84a22a5f356d.jpg)
![Instead of just hanging your towel over a cupboard door or throwing it on the counter, add a little ribbon to the top so you can give it a place of honor in your kitchen and hang it from your oven door.](https://img.ehowcdn.com/375/clsd/1/22/2712bc3f811a46ecaa6f122537ef8aa4.jpg)
Step 7
Gather the towel by pulling on the narrow ribbon until your towel is about 1/2 the original width. Make sure the narrow ribbon has equal length on both sides. Pin the ends in place.
![Instead of just hanging your towel over a cupboard door or throwing it on the counter, add a little ribbon to the top so you can give it a place of honor in your kitchen and hang it from your oven door.](https://img.ehowcdn.com/375/clsd/1/22/17e8e11a6cf94573aa2c4ebe643a95c4.jpg)
![Instead of just hanging your towel over a cupboard door or throwing it on the counter, add a little ribbon to the top so you can give it a place of honor in your kitchen and hang it from your oven door.](https://img.ehowcdn.com/375/clsd/1/22/a7b72e10d5b440c4942f2b441067cbb5.jpg)
Step 8
Sew across the ends of both ribbons. Be sure to remove the pins as you sew.
![Instead of just hanging your towel over a cupboard door or throwing it on the counter, add a little ribbon to the top so you can give it a place of honor in your kitchen and hang it from your oven door.](https://img.ehowcdn.com/375/clsd/1/22/ff39702b356c4a35bff0ddd79b679b76.jpg)
Step 9
Fold over your oven door handle and tie the narrow ribbons to hold the towel in place.
![Instead of just hanging your towel over a cupboard door or throwing it on the counter, add a little ribbon to the top so you can give it a place of honor in your kitchen and hang it from your oven door.](https://img.ehowcdn.com/375/clsd/1/22/edbaab40898f426886653a73344cbd9b.jpg)
![Instead of just hanging your towel over a cupboard door or throwing it on the counter, add a little ribbon to the top so you can give it a place of honor in your kitchen and hang it from your oven door.](https://img.ehowcdn.com/375/clsd/1/22/49cd5bf7162d4d39ad60ed210013aa19.jpg)